Sash-cord fastener.



' No.815, 587. k PATENTEDMAR.20, 1906.

H. HANSEN.

SASH CORD FASTENER. APPLIOMmN 31mm mn.so. 190a.

HENRY HANSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

sAsl-l-conb FASTENER. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 30, 1905. Serial No- 252.910.

Patented March 20, 1906.

To all; whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY HANSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1285 West Twenty-second street, in the city of Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Sash-Cord Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed for the use of carpenters in hanging window-sash in windowframes.

The object of my invention is to' rovide a clasp of the kind described by whic instant and secure connection and disconnection can be made between the Inouses tail and the sash-cord, a connection that cannot be broken while the sash-cord is being drawn through the window-frame.

The manner in which I accomplish my object is described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of part I of'a window-frame and my improved clasp connected with the sash-cord. Fi 2 is a 1 full-sized view of the clasp forming t e end of the tail of the mouse, said clasp being attached to the sash-cord. Fig. 3 is a vertical central sectional view of the clasp securely fastened to the sash-cord. Fig. 4 is a top view of the jaws of the ,clasp and'a cross-sectional view of the sash-cord held in the jaws.

In the'drawings the mouse Ais preferably of lead and of the kind in general use by carpenters. The tail B of the mouse is preferably a chain, as shown, but may be a cord or cable. prevent its slipping between the sash-cord pulley C and the. pulley-box D, which is affixed in the window-frame D. Attached to and forming the endof the tail B is a clasIp yo This clasp is made of one piece, preferab sheet-steel, and inthe form of an elongated U. The loop part F of this clasp is tempered to form a s ring and is provided with a link G, by whic ends of the clasp are formed into semicylindrical jaws H. In the normal position these This tail is of sufficient thickness to Y substantially as described and for poses specified.

it is connected to the tail B. I The toward and from the jaws and to thereby hold said jaws in the c osed position and to release them and allow them to spring open and release the cord.

- When the clasp is constructed and connected with the-tail of the mouse, the jaws being 0 en, the sash-cord is placed in the jaws, w 'ch are then forced together by the pressure of the thumb and finger of the left and, and the ring is forced toward the jaws by the thumb and finger of theright hand.

These movementsrnake the clasp fast to the cord. The mouse is then dropped over the sash-cord roller into the window-frame and is drawn through the aperture L and the .tail and clasp following with thesash-cord. When the sash-cord is thus drawn over the sash-pulley and through the window-frame, the ring is drawn back from the jaws of the clasp and the. cord released and attached to the window-sash in the usual way.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v A rope-clamp consisting of stamped sheet metal in the form of an elongated U the ends thereof being semicylindrical in form and thereby adapted to partly encircle the end of a rope, each of said ends having an inwardprojecting tooth and a ring encircling said clamp below said cylindrical ends and being adapted to be moved upon said clamp between the bend' and said cylindrical ends,

the pur- HENRY HANSEN.

Witnesses:

Josnrn STAAB, JuLrUs RUBINSTEIN. 

